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4th High School Basketball Nationals in Grand Bahama

THE best high school basketball players in the island nation are set to showcase their skills at the fourth edition of the National High School Basketball Championships.

Staff down to three-hour days in hellhole post office building

ONE day after employees were forced off the job early by a failed air-conditioning unit and a leaking ceiling, Bahamas Public Services Union President John Pinder said Thursday workers at the General Post Office have now been divided between two, th

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Miller-Uibo to chase 400 title at AG Memorial Van Damme

WITH half of her mission complete, Shaunae Miller-Uibo will be in Brussels, Belgium, for the last half of the International Amateur Athletic Federation’s Diamond League Final where she will try to add the 400 metre title to the 200m crown she secured

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Rev McPhee praises Charles Saunders Cougars senior boys on BAISS championship win

THE Charles W Saunders Cougars repeated as champions, winning their second Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools senior boys’ basketball title at the Kendal Isaacs Gym on Wednesday night.

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Pistol used by police was engraved with ‘headshots’

THE word “headshot” was engraved on a police gun used in the fatal shooting of two men on Tonique Williams-Darling Highway in 2017.

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Quick start for the Big Red Machine

St Augustine’s College head coach William “Knucklehead” Johnson said he wanted his Big Red Machine to get off to a “fast start” on day one of the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools (BAISS) Track & Field Championships yesterday, but even Johnson couldn’t have predicted the the perennial powerhouses would distance themselves so quickly on their path to a 25th consecutive title.

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'Proper send off' for CAC team

JUST days before they depart for the first international meet of the summer, the CAC Age Group team was given a proper send-off by the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture.

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100 years of fraternity

PHI Beta Sigma Fraternity, founded at Howard University on January 9, 1914, celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2014, with a year long slate of activities designed to highlight the organisation’s contributions to American and international history over the past century.

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‘Instinct’ highlights talented female fine artists

THE INSTINCT Art show running at the Central Bank of the Bahamas Art Gallery is all about talented women and their unique perspective of the world.

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Police probe sudden death as tractor plunges into sea

POLICE are investigating the death of a man who was discovered in a tractor submerged in water in the Deadman’s Reef area on Tuesday.

In STEP with tax planning

In STEP with tax planning The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) Bahamas branch has held its first half-day tax seminar, with speakers from three jurisdictions presenting on Taxation and Tax Reporting Requirements of Offshore Structures. T

Remembering the sinking of the HMBS Flamingo

FLAGS will be flown at half-mast today across The Bahamas in tribute to the HMBS Flamingo.

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Two men wanted in connection with murders held by police

Two men wanted for questioning in connection with murders were taken into custody on Friday.

Mall at Marathon Celebrates 28th anniversary

THE Mall at Marathon celebrated its 28th anniversary in grand style with a mall-wide sidewalk sale that culminated on Saturday.There was a live band, karaoke entertainment, free balloons and face-painting. Pictured at the annual cake-cutting ceremony

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Police find illegal firearm, marijuana

POLICE recovered an illegal firearm and a quantity of dangerous drugs from the streets of New Providence on Sunday. In the first incident, according to reports, shortly before 1pm, operations officers acting on intelligence conducted a search of a b

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Marijuana mountain

JUST over $3m worth of marijuana was seized by the Royal Bahamas Police Force’s Marine Support Unit in waters off Exuma in a joint operation with the RBPF’s Drug Enforcement Unit, and the United States’ Drug Enforcement Administration.

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Warning over road closure in Nassau

MOTORISTS are urged to watch out for a major road closure in Nassau.

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Team Bahamas ready, eager for 1st round of Olympic qualifiers

NOW that all of the hard work is done, members of the Amateur Boxing Association of the Bahamas team are eager to go to Buenos Aires, Argentina, for the first round qualifications for this year’s Olympic Games.

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Falcons BAISS champions

The Jordan Prince William Falcons proved to be the most dominant boys’ basketball programme in the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools.

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FNM chair blames VAT for ‘marina ghost town’

Bahamian marinas yesterday warned it was vital the country develop “a unified voice” over the imposition of VAT on yacht charter fees amid suggestions that it has resulted in several boating destinations becoming “a ghost town”.